Two weeks later after the permission from the governor.At the Mira House.The house changed, not because of titles but because of two people showing up together openly.The courtship has started already.The courtship was not the kind we see in the movie, no ballroom, no carriages, they were just themselves.Franklin and Amara Vale court in the work.They did things together.By Dawn: They are mending together, even though she still can’t sew straight, he still teaches her with love.By Noon: They joined the ration line. She moved the tables. He tells stories to kids that are waitingBy Night: They both work in the sick room together. They sit on two chairs now, the kids in the room see two different clothes singing one lullaby.The city sees it. The house sees it.No one whispers. They all acknowledge.Lady Sera said to Jem“That’s how you do it.”The Mira House was fast growing.Words were spread fast“The governor's daughter is there.”“Flower man is still there and he tells stori

Three days later at the Mira House pantry.Jem was doing inventory, when he stopped and stared before calling.JemFranklin, please come and see.Franklin moved closer to see what he was calling him for.He saw five new sacks of grain, 100kg each, another crate of dried beans and two barrels of oil.Franklin asked with surprise on his face.We didn’t order this, did weJem replied No, and the carter wouldn’t say who paid.Just “for Mira’s House. From a friend.”Amara Vale, who was coming in with water replied A friend?Lady Sera replied from the doorway, where she was carrying flour.Must be.Franklin looked at Lady Sera, then he called her name Lady Sera.Lady Sera sets the flour she was carrying down, she didn’t look his eyes, she just asked.What?Franklin asked The grain, the beans, the oil.No name on any of it.Lady Sera replied Maybe the carter forgot.[shrugs]Amara Vale called her softly Lady Sera.Lady Sera finally looks up and replyThe house needed it.You have 412 mo

The next morning in the Mira House.Everyone woke up earlier than usual, because there was a lot of work to be done in the house that day.Mara and Lady Sera helped in kneading a dough for the bread.They had a lot of mouths to feed.Jem and Sera[our Sera] helped in waking and getting the children ready for the day activities.They both made sure they took their baths well and they sorted out their clothes for them.Franklin and Davan helped in organizing the line for the bread.Amara Vale has not returned but she will return today.Immediately Jem and Sera[our Sera] were done with the whole children, they joined Mara and Lady Sera in the kitchen, but they were not baking.They helped in serving the bread to the people in the line.The whole work was done in no time.They were done with the morning activities, and the kids went into their classroom.Sera[our Sera] also follows her kids as they go into the classroom.Lady Sera and Mara prepared to go out.They were going to the market

The next morning in the Mira House.The house woke up very active.The breakfast started almost ready, but the posters were ready, the men in the house did a good job with the posters.They also went across the city that early morning to distribute the posters before coming home.After breakfast that morning, the kids went to their classroom room.There was noise coming from the gate.Jem went straight to see what was causing the noise, Franklin and Davan also followed him from behind.When they got there, they found a very long line.The line wasn’t for bread.The line was for volunteers.Franklin opens the gate and stopped he could count from where he was20 women[Market women] then 30, young and old, dock workers.In them are two nurses and a carpenter with his tools, they all had posters with them.The posters were hand-painted and it was pasted to the gate, the walls, the lamp post down the street and across the city.The posters says.*POSTER*:*MIRA’S HOUSE NEEDS YOU**412 MOUT

For two weeks things went well in the Mira House.Things went well, they had enough of everything, enough food , enough clothes because the clothes are being made inside the Mira Houses, enough medicine of all kinds, even enough blankets not to forget the volunteers.Things went really well in the house.The house increased from numbers 427 to number 503, the gate is being opened at almost every interval, the gate never closes now.More volunteers available daily. More coats and more bread were made.The sewing corner doubled in size.Amara Vale and four other women ran it all day, they did patches, coats, shirts for winter.Some kids learn to thread needles in between lessons.Jem said to Lady Sera We might actually make it through winter.Lady Sera replied with a smile. Then she said,Don’t give us bad luck.We will make it, not might.Jem replied, raising his hands up.Never meant it that way.Lady Sera replied I understand and I was kidding too.Two days later something strang